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aboutpresidentobama? willhis people hint at romney's mosmenism? how ugly will this get? bigger questions, how ruthless do we want our presidents to be? a line they dare not cross. we know they'll play hardball. but will there come a point when the truly nasty becomes political suicide? is that something we can hope for? and finally, changing faces. 20 or 30 years from now this country is going to look a bit different. we're headed for a non-white majority. how will this prospect affect voters in 2012? will they react? vote for the old days? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "new york magazine's" john heilemann. "the christian science monitor's" liz marlantes. "the washington post's" kathleen parker. and "the chicago tribune's" clarence page. first up, this year's winner may be the one whose team goes furthest, even fights dirty to bury the other guy. today we ask which side will go the furthest? the word this past week was that at least one big money romney backer had in hand a proposal to do what john mccain did not. play the race card big with the thunde

about president obama? will his people hint at romney's mosmenism? how ugly will this get? bigger questions, how ruthless do we want our presidents to be? a line they dare not cross. we know they'll play hardball. but will there come a point when the truly nasty becomes political suicide? is that something we can hope for? and finally, changing faces. 20 or 30 years from now this country is going to look a bit different. we're headed for a non-white majority. how will this prospect affect...

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, about allegations thattheobamaattemptedto pay off the reverend jeff maya wright it about the widespread corruption that still exists. we will reveal a mountain of evidence that shows how unprepared barack obama was to hold the office of the presidency. in a "hannity" exclusive, hear for the first time, audio of a bombshell interview that took place in 2011 between reverend jeremiah wright and the author of this book, ed klein, called "the amateur: barack obama in the white house." welcome. >> thank you. >> sean: you have a habit of writing books that just get no attention. >> i try my best. >> sean: i am not going to get to this now, but we are going to play some of the audio. you got a three-hour interview that you taped with reverend wright. how did you get that?! >> well, through mutual friends who i tried over months to convince him to see me. finally, he did see hie me in his office at the -- get this -- kwame and cruise missila academy, a high school, named after the late marxist dictator of guan a. he has an office there because he has retired -- reverend wright. he me

, about allegations that the obama attempted to pay off the reverend jeff maya wright it about the widespread corruption that still exists. we will reveal a mountain of evidence that shows how unprepared barack obama was to hold the office of the presidency. in a "hannity" exclusive, hear for the first time, audio of a bombshell interview that took place in 2011 between reverend jeremiah wright and the author of this book, ed klein, called "the amateur: barack obama in the white...

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obama. hewants to talk about jobs. not the jobs he vaporized since taking office but instead going after mitt romney's tin your at bain capital. >> bain capital walked away with a lot of money. we view romney as a job destroyer. to get up on national tv and brag about making jobs when he has destroyed thousands of people's careers, lifetimes, destroyed people. >> he is running for president. if he is going to run the country the way he ran our business, i wouldn't want him there. he is so out of touch with the average person in this country. how could you care? how could you care for the average working person if you feel that way? >> eric: boy. with that, president obama declared the season on negative attack ads open for business. what if it's smart for president obama to bring the focus of jobs back in the fray. after all, he is the guy that lost the most jobs under his watch since jimmy carter. speaking of that, bob. what about it? bad idea, good idea to talk about romney's record on jobs? >> bob: good idea all the way around. that time we opened up on bain capital and what rom

obama. he wants to talk about jobs. not the jobs he vaporized since taking office but instead going after mitt romney's tin your at bain capital. >> bain capital walked away with a lot of money. we view romney as a job destroyer. to get up on national tv and brag about making jobs when he has destroyed thousands of people's careers, lifetimes, destroyed people. >> he is running for president. if he is going to run the country the way he ran our business, i wouldn't want him there....

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me. ♪ >> bret:presidentobamawithhis finger on the trigger in the hunt for terrorists taking heat for it. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> i'm bret baier. the president that wanted to ender chure and goes gitmo personally orders the execution of suspected terrorists. nerve charged or convicted in a court of law. that is a headline from a new report outlining president obama's take no prisoners philosophy in war on terror. ed henry has details. >> reporter: president obama's kill list is described as a yearbook with photos and name and whereabouts of known suspected terrorist like sawk anwar al-awlaki, american killed last year. a program some of his a lice now say crossed the line. >> it allows the president to kill people including u.s. citizens, far from any theater of war. it's dange rouse, because it sets a precedent. >> carney was press it how a nobel peace prize win ker justify the program? >> the president made clear from the outset of the administration we were at all times going to act in a manner lawful and consistent with our values. >> the president counterter

me. ♪ >> bret: president obama with his finger on the trigger in the hunt for terrorists taking heat for it. this is "special report." ♪ ♪ >> i'm bret baier. the president that wanted to ender chure and goes gitmo personally orders the execution of suspected terrorists. nerve charged or convicted in a court of law. that is a headline from a new report outlining president obama's take no prisoners philosophy in war on terror. ed henry has details. >> reporter:...

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going to take responsibility d lead and get us on track to a balanced budget. >>whateverobama'schancesof keeping his job? >> no better than 50/50. >> what is on the minds of voters? >> the economy. >> ad game gets nasty. >> everybody plays hardball. >> who has the most enthusiastic supporters? the money game. will the candidate with the fattest super pac win? and the charm offensive. candidate is more like a bull? >> -- to candidate is more likable? out like kenhanging with women. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> as we celebrate this memorial day holiday, we are almost six months away from the 2012 presidential election. we will stay away from breaking news on this one and focus on the political road ahead. our guide for the journey, pollster peter hart, produces the nbc-"wall street journal" poll that we so often referred to. he says that at this juncture, the election is no more than a 50/50 shot for the president 2/3 of the american people say we are on the wrong track. sure, the voters are still feeling very glum about what lies for them

going to take responsibility d lead and get us on track to a balanced budget. >> whatever obama's chances of keeping his job? >> no better than 50/50. >> what is on the minds of voters? >> the economy. >> ad game gets nasty. >> everybody plays hardball. >> who has the most enthusiastic supporters? the money game. will the candidate with the fattest super pac win? and the charm offensive. candidate is more like a bull? >> -- to candidate is more...

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follows. rendell joined the can chorus of criticismofobama'stakeson finance whose leaders have written checks to many members of both parties i think they're very disappointing rendell said, -- governor rendell, big question. are you with the obama campaign as it is run right now or are you against it? >> well, neither -- either/or. i think the president has done a good job, chris. you and i have discussed it. i would like to see him emphasize the terrific things he's done under the circumstances. and the ad itself, of course he has the right to go after governor romney's claim he is a job creator because of his work at bain. that's the main thrust of his rational, because he is a businessman and he knows how to create jobs. he didn't create jobs, he created wealth and let's examine that. i think the media has the responsibility to take all of the deals that governor romney did at bain, look at them and were they net job creation or net job loss? governor romney said '94, 10,000 jobs created. now he says, tens of thousands ever jobs. so the obama campaign has a right it say to

follows. rendell joined the can chorus of criticism of obama's takes on finance whose leaders have written checks to many members of both parties i think they're very disappointing rendell said, -- governor rendell, big question. are you with the obama campaign as it is run right now or are you against it? >> well, neither -- either/or. i think the president has done a good job, chris. you and i have discussed it. i would like to see him emphasize the terrific things he's done under the...

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capital employees and half a million from other wall street interest.presidentobamagotmore than that. the top obama bundler of democratic donations is a managing director at b abin capital. nevertheless, the number three house democrat went after romney's character. >> there is something about raping companies and leaving them in debt and setting up swiss bank accounts in corporate and businesses in the grand caymans. i have a real serious problem. >> obama camp denounced clyburn remarks as inappropriate. booker is arguing against his own remarks on sunday to suggest the non-existent attack ad on president for reverend wright are way worse than the attack ads on the air about romney. >> frustratingly, i conflateed the attack that the republicans were making with jeremiah wright with some of the attacks up on the left. can't especially be aquited that the noxious nature of some of the attacks we have seen going on with the president. >> 21% says romney business record is a major reason to back him. the latest "washington post" poll says it's cause to oppose him. 54% says it's not

capital employees and half a million from other wall street interest. president obama got more than that. the top obama bundler of democratic donations is a managing director at b abin capital. nevertheless, the number three house democrat went after romney's character. >> there is something about raping companies and leaving them in debt and setting up swiss bank accounts in corporate and businesses in the grand caymans. i have a real serious problem. >> obama camp denounced...

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clinton machine sayingbarackobama? areyou kidding? >> in the red corner bill kristol, one of america's most celebrated political commentators and a thorn in the side of the obama administration on everything from health care to u.s./israel relations. the coming presidential election in november is one in which ajc's priorities will be center stage. what is the best approach to iran, given the regime's continuing drive to obtain nuclear weapons capability? is the grand prize of an israeli/palestinian peace settlement something that has eluded successive presidents for more than half a century, any closer? and against the continued debate about homeland security, how close is the united states towards reducing its dependence on energy supplies from hostile states? over the next hour, these and other issues will be in the spotlight. so don't forget to submit your questions as we welcome you to ajc's great debate on election 2012. [ applause ] >> thank you. and thank you to linda and john. and welcome to this year's ajc great debate. i especially want to welcome our viewers who a

clinton machine saying barack obama? are you kidding? >> in the red corner bill kristol, one of america's most celebrated political commentators and a thorn in the side of the obama administration on everything from health care to u.s./israel relations. the coming presidential election in november is one in which ajc's priorities will be center stage. what is the best approach to iran, given the regime's continuing drive to obtain nuclear weapons capability? is the grand prize of an...

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obamasuperpac is jumping into the fight hit be romney on bain in five swing states with this. >> he's promised us the same thing he's promised the united states. he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. >> nothing. the obama campaign's goal is to make this a choice election and make mitt romney unacceptable. >>> also, jp morgan chase's $2 billion losses, a lot of people saying, i told you so. barney frank, as in dodd/frank, has been fighting the republicans for years saying banks like chase need to be regulated so we don't have to bail them out. barney frank joins us tonight. plus the filibusters is a routine use by republicans to require 66 to get anything done. in other words, getting nothing done. how about get rid of it. and mitt romney gets a very low key endorsement from -- can you keep a secret? w. that's in the side show. we begin with my thoughts on why we should junk the filibuster. we begin with mitt romney and bain capital, however. susan page, bureau chief of usa today and the director of the "washington post" media group as well as the political analyst. yester

obama super pac is jumping into the fight hit be romney on bain in five swing states with this. >> he's promised us the same thing he's promised the united states. he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. >> nothing. the obama campaign's goal is to make this a choice election and make mitt romney unacceptable. >>> also, jp morgan chase's $2 billion losses, a lot of people saying, i told you so. barney frank, as in dodd/frank, has been fighting the republicans for...

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, national security. third biggestissue,obama'srecord.right? as president. okay. because that brings us to those that would be critical of going back and maybe trying to understand the president a little better. what motivates him. where does his thought process come from. in other words, why did he never show a pragmatic side, a triangulation, like say bill clinton, the end of welfare as we know it, the erav big government is over. questions i would like to know, for purely political purposes. that leads us to this question. eric rush, i want to start with you. you broke the story on reverend jeremiah wright. we have now this book, we are going to be playing excerpts. why is this important? >> i think it's important because you can extrapolate from the sorts of thoughts that he had during his formative years, early adulthood, people he associated with and extrapolate the types of decisionses he has made as president, how it's affected the economy, how we get along with each other, every facet of our society seems to have been deleteriously affected, going all the way back to

, national security. third biggest issue, obama's record. right? as president. okay. because that brings us to those that would be critical of going back and maybe trying to understand the president a little better. what motivates him. where does his thought process come from. in other words, why did he never show a pragmatic side, a triangulation, like say bill clinton, the end of welfare as we know it, the erav big government is over. questions i would like to know, for purely political...

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the draw a connectiontoobamaandjeremiah wright but mitt romney's is off limits. >> the president's relationship with the reverend jeremiar wright is an important campaign issue. >> they think it's fair to tie president obama to reverend wright and explain how it influenced the word view. >> how could he have not been in his church for 20 years and not assimilated some of the things he's talking about. >>> that's your stimulus dollars at work. a bridge that goes nowhere. mitt romney is still stirring up fears about the stimulus. >> former labor secretary joins me. >>> rich people don't create jobs. calling ourselves job creators isn't inaccurate, it's disingenious. a venture capitalist says lowering taxes won't create any jobs. he'll prove it's not the 1% that creates jobs but you the con sierm. >>> arsenio hall joins us tonight to weigh in on the hottest political news. >>> conservatives are still debating the plan to attack president obama with reverend jeremiah wright. they say it's fair game to examine if there's a direct line between faith and policy. they say we ne

the draw a connection to obama and jeremiah wright but mitt romney's is off limits. >> the president's relationship with the reverend jeremiar wright is an important campaign issue. >> they think it's fair to tie president obama to reverend wright and explain how it influenced the word view. >> how could he have not been in his church for 20 years and not assimilated some of the things he's talking about. >>> that's your stimulus dollars at work. a bridge that goes...

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ofthat,obamacampaignad was we created 4 4.2 million jobs. no. half a million more americans are unemployed now than when obama took office. it's higher. you can't say you created 4 4.2 million american jobs when million americans are not working. >> bob: a number of workers retire. >> eric: that is a boldface lie. of course people retire but they come in the workforce, too. fewer americans working now than when he took over. any way you slice it doesn't mean you created 4.2 million jobs >> bob: there are 4 4.2 million more people working. >> eric: how about the 100% increase in gas prices? or the 100% increase in food stamps usage, dollar amounts under barack obama? in three years he increased food stamp usage by more than 100%. >> bob: he increased them? by himself? >> eric: yes. >> bob: fine. dana, what do you think? >> dana: i think if you want to turn off more independent voters and women run the charles barkley talk every night. that's that talk -- i think the ad is good. it's the first positive thing they have said. as eric pointed out, the facts will be the facts. romney

of that, obama campaign ad was we created 4 4.2 million jobs. no. half a million more americans are unemployed now than when obama took office. it's higher. you can't say you created 4 4.2 million american jobs when million americans are not working. >> bob: a number of workers retire. >> eric: that is a boldface lie. of course people retire but they come in the workforce, too. fewer americans working now than when he took over. any way you slice it doesn't mean you created 4.2...

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mayor in new jersey, went on meet the press and attacked the main theme oftheobamacampaign.nailing mitt romney for his quarter billion money making at bain. he killed jobs so he and his friends could get rich. booker knew it and blew it. he trashed the entire obama summer campaign. bragging that he fired lots of people like romney fired lots of people. now that tape will be the go-to bomb shell that blows apart the campaign. eugene robinson and howard are joining me now. why did this happen? eugene, that's my question to you. how did it happen, and what you do you make of the mega tonnage? >> my guess corey booker wanted to walk a line that didn't exist. he didn't want to be ooechbl to the financial services industry, he is from newark, and democrats and republicans tend to be friendlier to financial services than democrats elsewhere. to say the least awkward and more than that, he committed an act of sabotage going against the summer line of the campaign. >> he has given the romney campaign what it has been dieing to get. an articulate spokesman against obama. he finds the obama c

mayor in new jersey, went on meet the press and attacked the main theme of the obama campaign. nailing mitt romney for his quarter billion money making at bain. he killed jobs so he and his friends could get rich. booker knew it and blew it. he trashed the entire obama summer campaign. bragging that he fired lots of people like romney fired lots of people. now that tape will be the go-to bomb shell that blows apart the campaign. eugene robinson and howard are joining me now. why did this...

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gone away. >>presidentobamawillattend an lgbt fund-raiser. >> independents will decide the election. >> 62% either favor same-sex marriage and civil unions. >> marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. >> it seems like romney is fighting a 2004 campaign years too late. >> culture matters. >> america does not stand still. we look forward, not back. >> president obama launched a potential game changer today. >> today with the new video. >> it paints mot romney as greedy. >> the new two-minute ad. >> a full two minutes worth. >> airing in five swing states. >> workers from gst steel. it will run in five states, a company that went bankrupt after it was bought by bain capital. >> this is not the only way to do capitalism. >> this is an effective ad. >> they made as much money as they could. >> you see the faces of america. >> he worked against romney. >> no one thinks he is a great jobs creator. >> for someone takes the money out of your company -- >> we need more venture. >> leaves you bankrupt while they go off with millions. >> less vulture capitalism. >> not

gone away. >> president obama will attend an lgbt fund-raiser. >> independents will decide the election. >> 62% either favor same-sex marriage and civil unions. >> marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. >> it seems like romney is fighting a 2004 campaign years too late. >> culture matters. >> america does not stand still. we look forward, not back. >> president obama launched a potential game changer today. >> today with...

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possible. joe ricketts was looking to run addslinkingobamawithreverend wright. he said it was only a suggestion, but that came in a 54-page professionally bound campaign plan with color photos. mitt romney says he repudiates this, and then etch-a-sketch moment, accuses obama of character assassination. this from a guy who destroyed his opponents with negative personal adds, and romney hearts bill clinton? he says he has more in common with clinton than obama because. he champions tax rates that romney invest will destroy the family. the only thing they have in common is that clinton once had the job that romney wants, and there's a major effort from keeping kathleen sebelius from speaking tomorrow at georgetown. and what we should do if we really want to reduce the number of abortions in this county trp. we begin with dirty angry money. we have chuck todd with us, and major garrett. the "new york times" reports on a poe poe sal from a republican strategist to dredge up jeremiah wright. the point was to show he really is a radical after all. here is some of the language. our plan is t

possible. joe ricketts was looking to run adds linking obama with reverend wright. he said it was only a suggestion, but that came in a 54-page professionally bound campaign plan with color photos. mitt romney says he repudiates this, and then etch-a-sketch moment, accuses obama of character assassination. this from a guy who destroyed his opponents with negative personal adds, and romney hearts bill clinton? he says he has more in common with clinton than obama because. he champions tax rates...

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situation room." we go behind the scenes ofpresidentobama'sclandestinetrip to afghanistan this week and a closer look at the extraordinary precautions and extraordinary risks of taking a president into a war zone. also osama bin laden and documents recovered from the house where he was killed by u.s. forces one year ago this week. plus, mitt romney courting skeptical social conservatives. i'll talk about that and more with this former rival who just dropped out of the race newt gingrich. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> formally this week, satellites would have been dominated by the race for the white house and the increasingly heating battle between the obama and romney campaigns. but president obama rewrote the script, catching the world by surprise with an unexpected trip to afghanistan where he marked the one-year anniversary of the death of the world's most wanted terrorist. >> one year ago from bases here in afghanistan our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. t

situation room." we go behind the scenes of president obama's clandestine trip to afghanistan this week and a closer look at the extraordinary precautions and extraordinary risks of taking a president into a war zone. also osama bin laden and documents recovered from the house where he was killed by u.s. forces one year ago this week. plus, mitt romney courting skeptical social conservatives. i'll talk about that and more with this former rival who just dropped out of the race newt...

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white house and the increasingly heating battle betweentheobamaandromney campaigns. but president obama rewrote the script, catching the world by surprise with an unexpected trip to afghanistan where he marked the one-year anniversary of the death of the world's most wanted terrorist. >> one year ago from bases here in afghanistan our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and denied a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. >> the trip wasn't without controversy, some critics accusing the president of playing politics with the anniversary of bin laden's death, questioning whether romney's campaign would have done the same thing. romney this week picked up an important endorsement, the endorsement of the formal rival michele bachmann. jim acosta, romney still has an enormous amount of work ahead of him. >> that's right. endorsements do help but it's the candidate who has to win over voters one by one. looking at his schedule this week, it's no secret he's trying to rally social conservatives to his campaign but for now

white house and the increasingly heating battle between the obama and romney campaigns. but president obama rewrote the script, catching the world by surprise with an unexpected trip to afghanistan where he marked the one-year anniversary of the death of the world's most wanted terrorist. >> one year ago from bases here in afghanistan our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and denied a chance to rebuild is now within our...

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"the ed show" tonight from new york. moments agopresidentobamaaddressedthe nation on his surprise visit to afghanistan. the commander in chief talked about the death of osama bin laden and america's path forward. we'll tell you what it all means. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> i know the battle is not yet over, but there's a light on the horizon because of the sacrifices you've made. >> one year after the death of bin laden, the president makes a surprise trip to afghanistan and republicans are still squirming. >> you know the thing about heroes, they don't brag. >> john of vote vets on the politics of killing bin laden. >>> also, e.j. dionne on the new obama ad hitting mitt romney where it hurts. >> it's what you expect from a guy who had a swiss bank account. >>> in wisconsin, scott walker is raising big money and bringing in big friends. >> the course he pursued here in wisconsin tells you a great deal about this man's character. >> tonight, democratic hopeful kathleen falk gives her plan to defeat scott walker. >>> good to have you with us tonight. thanks for wat

"the ed show" tonight from new york. moments ago president obama addressed the nation on his surprise visit to afghanistan. the commander in chief talked about the death of osama bin laden and america's path forward. we'll tell you what it all means. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> i know the battle is not yet over, but there's a light on the horizon because of the sacrifices you've made. >> one year after the death of bin laden, the president makes...

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, conservative justreadobama'sbookout loud. never mind then. it's a pattern. the issue becomes off-limits if it bounces back on obama. trust me when private equity become's obama's problem, bain will disappear faster than dana in a strong wind. fair game is dictated by the media. think about what they deem off the table. take the support for ows or how he snubs congress mooning mg about the lack of cooperation. so that's the biggest ruse of all. compromise. you will hear that word a lot from those disguiseed as centrist. but it's like an armed thug who says i'm glad you see it my way as he takes your wallet. bob? >> bob: yes. >> greg: you work in politics, or so you have told us. i have no proof of this. isn't everything fair game? >> greg: yes, we do. >> bob: don't say it. don't say it. >> greg: isn't everything fair game? >> bob: sure. except for your family. that ought to be, you know, something that should not be brought up in a campaign unless you're wife's a serial killer or something like that. but look, so far, i think they have been pretty good. ann romney took a bit of a hit, i

, conservative just read obama's book out loud. never mind then. it's a pattern. the issue becomes off-limits if it bounces back on obama. trust me when private equity become's obama's problem, bain will disappear faster than dana in a strong wind. fair game is dictated by the media. think about what they deem off the table. take the support for ows or how he snubs congress mooning mg about the lack of cooperation. so that's the biggest ruse of all. compromise. you will hear that word a lot...

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3, political analyst karl rove and joe trippi discuss the communication strategies oftheobamaandromney presidential campaigns. after that former fed chairman paul volcker testifies about federal financial regulations. >> i thought it was important to write a book that took people's movement seriously. so the movements that elected obama. how did they build over time? obama didn't come out of nowhere. 2003, 2004 what was happening? also the tea party movement, which seemed to come out of nowhere. what's its orange snin how did it work? occupy wall street. i thought those were important things to take seriously, to look at from a social movement, we the people perspective. >> on "afterwords" former white house adviser van jones on social movements in america today. saturday night at 10:00 eastern on book tv. also this weekend the american spectator founder r. emmett tyrrell claims liberalism is flawed and has no answerfor today's political issues. in "9 death of liberalism." part of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> coming up next, a discussion on 2012 election strategy. we'll

3, political analyst karl rove and joe trippi discuss the communication strategies of the obama and romney presidential campaigns. after that former fed chairman paul volcker testifies about federal financial regulations. >> i thought it was important to write a book that took people's movement seriously. so the movements that elected obama. how did they build over time? obama didn't come out of nowhere. 2003, 2004 what was happening? also the tea party movement, which seemed to come out...

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rates on personal income tax rates. in 2010, the year the cuts were due to expire,presidentobamasignedlegislation extending this. for two years. now the expiration date is up at the end of this year, december 2012. and if they expire, personal income taxes will go back up. here's what will happen. those in the 10% brackets will see their tax go you will to 15%. though in the 25% bracket, back up to 28%. this news makes taxpayers squirm. but unlike 2010, there is no bipartisanship in sight. republicans want to extend all of the tax cuts to all of the brackets to prevent the hike. democrats also want to extend the cuts, but not extend them for those making $200 thousand or more annually. those people see their taxes give up. republican house leader john boehner vows to make sure that won't happen. >> any sudden tax hike would hurt our economy, so this before the election, the house of representatives will vote to stop the largest tax increase in american history. >> senate republicans led by mitch mcconnell warn it if action is not taken to extend the tax break, the economy will

rates on personal income tax rates. in 2010, the year the cuts were due to expire, president obama signed legislation extending this. for two years. now the expiration date is up at the end of this year, december 2012. and if they expire, personal income taxes will go back up. here's what will happen. those in the 10% brackets will see their tax go you will to 15%. though in the 25% bracket, back up to 28%. this news makes taxpayers squirm. but unlike 2010, there is no bipartisanship in sight....

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poll. next on the run down, dick morris on a new poll in north carolina showspresidentobamaslippingbadly. did somebody predict that might happen? morris is next. >> bill: and in the impact segment tonight, in addition to being a no spin zone. the factor is a no gloating zone. sometimes i have to remind you that our commentary here is usually correct. here is what i said about north carolina after president obama came out in favor of gay marriage. so far seven states have made gay marriage legal but 38 states have passed legislation opposing gay nuptials. so for president obama, this is not a winning hand. he can pretty much say good by to north carolina, which overwhelmingly voted against gay marriage just this week. >> bill: not gloating, just reporting. here now to analyze the author of the big best new author screwed. how getting hosed overseas. let's put up a poll in north carolina. this is rasmussen deal has romney at 51%. obama 4%. mr. obama, of course, won north carolina in 2008. this is the biggest margin now. so i'm an oracle again? >> you are. it's too bad you do

poll. next on the run down, dick morris on a new poll in north carolina shows president obama slipping badly. did somebody predict that might happen? morris is next. >> bill: and in the impact segment tonight, in addition to being a no spin zone. the factor is a no gloating zone. sometimes i have to remind you that our commentary here is usually correct. here is what i said about north carolina after president obama came out in favor of gay marriage. so far seven states have made gay...

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". hello again from fox news in washington.presidentobamaofficiallylaunched his reelection bid this weekend with mitt romney the presumptive nominee. he wanted to discuss foreign policy and economy with a man who many want to see as mitt romney's running mate senator marco rubio. he joins us on "fox news sunday". if >> good morning. >> chris: president obama said voters face a choice between his aa of reform and the old republican agenda, take a look . >> this time they want bigger tax cuts to the wealthiest americans . this time, they wantine deeper cuts to things like education and medicare and now after a long and pirited primary, republicans in congress found a fomny for president who promised to rubber stamp the agenda if he gets the chance. >> chris: in fact, romney endorsed the house budget and calls for tax cuts for the wealthy and cuts for the speppeding programs for the middle class . >> this president doesn't have a budget and the senate hasn't produced a budget. this president anded us to hire him on the promise that he knew how to fix the economy and he would be differe

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months out. >> if i am president, i will take responsibility and the lead. >> what arebarackobama'schancesof keeping his job? >> no better than 50/50. >> what's bugging voters? >> the economy. >> ad game getting nasty. >> everybody plays hardball. >> the ground game -- who has the most enthusiastic supporters? the money game -- will the candidate with the fattest super pac win? and the charm offensive -- which candidate is more likable? >> i like hanging out with women. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> as we celebrate this memorial day holiday, we are a six months away from the 2012 election. we will stay away from the breaking news and focus on the road ahead. our guide is peter hart, who produces the nbc news-"wall street journal" on which we rely. he says it is a 50/50 shot for the president did 2/3 of the american people say we are on the wrong track. lousy number, but ahead of where we were in november of last year voters are very glum about what lies ahead for them and their children. >> this kind of attitude makes people on certain trade

months out. >> if i am president, i will take responsibility and the lead. >> what are barack obama's chances of keeping his job? >> no better than 50/50. >> what's bugging voters? >> the economy. >> ad game getting nasty. >> everybody plays hardball. >> the ground game -- who has the most enthusiastic supporters? the money game -- will the candidate with the fattest super pac win? and the charm offensive -- which candidate is more likable?...

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obamawilltell us what he really thinks. remember that great scene in "the godfather" when carleone tells tom haguen, i think you should tell me what everyone seems to know. well, everyone thinks president obama supports gay marriage. stop saying your position is evolving. just come out and say it already. but the president knows this tricky issue could cost him votes in battleground states like north carolina. he may blame what joe biden said over the weekend for this, but now he has to deal with it. what should the president do? plus, car fooling. mitt romney says detroit, when or so he says, now he is taking credit for a victory lap from president obama's policy. is this a case of grand theft auto? also, spy games. the latest details on how the cia foiled that plot on blowing up an airliner heading for the u.s. and dirty angry money. >>> how could the gps claim to be a nonprofit voting exclusively for social welfare? not supporting a political candidate when they run ads like this one. >> >> reckless spending, massive debt. no wonder tim kaine opposes president obama. >> how thes

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tonight. >> dana: hello. fox news alert.presidentobamainelection year reversed his position on gay marriage. this is what he told "good morning america" robin roberts in an interview moments ago. >> for a lot of people, the word "marriage" was something that that evokes powerful traditions, religious beliefs and so forth. but i have to tell you that over the course of several years, as i talk to friends and family and neighbors, when i think abmembers of my own staff who are incredibly committed in mo gog mouse relationships, same-sex relationships who are raising kids together. when i think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf, and yet feel constrained, even now that don't ask, don't tell is gone, because they're not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point i've just concluded that for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> dana: hello, everyone. i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, the monste

tonight. >> dana: hello. fox news alert. president obama in election year reversed his position on gay marriage. this is what he told "good morning america" robin roberts in an interview moments ago. >> for a lot of people, the word "marriage" was something that that evokes powerful traditions, religious beliefs and so forth. but i have to tell you that over the course of several years, as i talk to friends and family and neighbors, when i think abmembers of my...

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the "kudlow report." our top story this evening,teamobamaheadsto mitt romney's home territory to attack his massachusetts success. but team romney one ups by going to bankrupt solyndra, the home of obama crony capitalism handing over $500 million in taxpayer bundlers. it's going to get ugly. >>> also this evening, awful moments between president bush and president obama at the unveiling of bush's white house portrait. almost every day president obama says he inherited a mess from bush. when will obama quit blaming his predecessor? >>> plus, if team obama has been publicly down playing the importance of tuesday's wisconsin recall election, why are they now dispatching their only star bill clinton to the front lines? scott walker is going to win going away. >>> markets at the end of the day, basically flat, investors on hooks over europe. let's do a experiment tonight, take away greece, spain, the whole eurozone threat. would you be a bull or a bear on u.s. stocks? all right. we begin tonight with mitt romney's sneak attack at solyndra. cnbc's chief washington correspondent john ha

the "kudlow report." our top story this evening, team obama heads to mitt romney's home territory to attack his massachusetts success. but team romney one ups by going to bankrupt solyndra, the home of obama crony capitalism handing over $500 million in taxpayer bundlers. it's going to get ugly. >>> also this evening, awful moments between president bush and president obama at the unveiling of bush's white house portrait. almost every day president obama says he inherited a...

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election. outside republican groups will spend $1 billion to the defeatbarackobama. democratswill be outspent and the middle class may not survive it. a full report ahead. >>> the president will not go to wisconsin, but bill clinton might. a new poll puts barrett even with scott walker. another poll puts barrett behind. john nichols has the latest. >>> mitt romney joins donald trump and blows the birther dog whistle. >> in addition to the age of the president and the citizenship of the president, i would like it to also say that the president has to spend at least three years working in business before the president can become the president of the united states. >>> and even fox defenders are saying fox news is rotten to the core. >> instead of concentrating on job creation, president obama has concentrated on growing government. >> you will not believe the new fox and friends attack on the president. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. it's been less than 24 hours since mitt romney secured the republican nomination for president. now we know how he plan

election. outside republican groups will spend $1 billion to the defeat barack obama. democrats will be outspent and the middle class may not survive it. a full report ahead. >>> the president will not go to wisconsin, but bill clinton might. a new poll puts barrett even with scott walker. another poll puts barrett behind. john nichols has the latest. >>> mitt romney joins donald trump and blows the birther dog whistle. >> in addition to the age of the president and the...

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captain. well, they're talking about what's happening nowwithobamathebain mutiny. steve ratner, harold ford, governor rendell, each going after romney saying he's dead wrong. they're goingover the job-killing history with bain capital. governor ed rendell along with new york magazine's john haloman. an e-mail lists six democrats saying they're tired of free enterprise. an excerpt reads as follows. rendell joined the course of criticism over obama's attacks on finance, whose leaders have written checks to many members of both parties. i think they're very disappointing, rendell said of the ads, attacking bain. i think bain is fair game because romney has made it fair game, but i think how you examine it, the tone, what you say is important as well. governor rendell, big question. are you with the obama campaign as it's being run right now or are you against it? >> well, either/or. right now i'd like to see the president -- i think he's done a good job, chris, and you and i discussed it. i'd like to see him emphasize the terrific things he's done for the country under different c

captain. well, they're talking about what's happening now with obama the bain mutiny. steve ratner, harold ford, governor rendell, each going after romney saying he's dead wrong. they're goingover the job-killing history with bain capital. governor ed rendell along with new york magazine's john haloman. an e-mail lists six democrats saying they're tired of free enterprise. an excerpt reads as follows. rendell joined the course of criticism over obama's attacks on finance, whose leaders have...

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whatpresidentobamasaidin 2008 when he was running for president. >> define marriage. >> i believe that marriage is a union between a man and a woman. now for me, as a christian -- [ applause ] for me as a christian it's also a sacred union. god is in the mix. >> dana: last sunday, vice president biden was on the sunday shows and he said he personally believed in gay marriage. there was a kerfufle from the white house saying there is no difference. three days later we actually had one of our very own co-hosts, bob beckel, had this to say yesterday. he predicted something that happened today. >> bob: i think the politics of it are very good, frankly, for obama in targeted states. now where he is comes down on it, i'm not sure. in the end he'll be for it. >> dana: so bob, you had that right. to me, i think president obama put himself in a ridiculous position that he couldn't know, he could no longer go with the charade. and so he makes this announcement today. how do you think it's playing? >> bob: first, i'm incredibly proud of the president today. he made a very difficult political

what president obama said in 2008 when he was running for president. >> define marriage. >> i believe that marriage is a union between a man and a woman. now for me, as a christian -- [ applause ] for me as a christian it's also a sacred union. god is in the mix. >> dana: last sunday, vice president biden was on the sunday shows and he said he personally believed in gay marriage. there was a kerfufle from the white house saying there is no difference. three days later we...

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laden sentenced to 33 years in prison. what willtheobamaadministrationdo about that atrocity? we'll have a special report. will president obama finally repudiate the occupy anarchists in bernie goldberg will have a follow-up report on that. >> they might as well come out and say we want free rent because that's all it turned into now. they are squatters who don't know squat. >> bill: dennis miller also have pithy comments for the occupiers. we will hear them tonight. >> this is loonville out here, billy. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. bill built hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. how president obama handles his job. that's the subject of this east coast's talking points memo there are three things i want to tell you about tonight. number one, in pakistan dr. shaquille afreedy has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. the doctor helped the cia locate usama bin laden. he did the world the entire world a major favor. -- they have given us a hard time for years. they allow taliban to operate within their

laden sentenced to 33 years in prison. what will the obama administration do about that atrocity? we'll have a special report. will president obama finally repudiate the occupy anarchists in bernie goldberg will have a follow-up report on that. >> they might as well come out and say we want free rent because that's all it turned into now. they are squatters who don't know squat. >> bill: dennis miller also have pithy comments for the occupiers. we will hear them tonight. >>...

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presidentobamaandhis re-election spin machine have been taking a victory lap, waltzing over who the real heroes are. yesterday ttook him around the world to afghanistan. but a brand-new ad is highlighting the difference between heroism and politics. let's watch this. >> osama bin laden has been killed. >> there will be no parades, they have already gone back into the shadows, without the outside world even knowing their names. >> i can report, i directed leon panetta, i was briefed, i determined altmy direction, i called the president. i, as commander in chief... >> we don't need to spike the football. i said i would go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at him. and i did. >> spoiz the navy seals had gone in there. suppose they had been captured or killed. the downside would have been horrible. >> the campaign ad is one of the most despicable things you can do. >> i said that i would go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at him, and i did. i did. i did. i did. >> sean: wow. i don't think the difference could be any clearer. and as president obama continues to pat himself

president obama and his re-election spin machine have been taking a victory lap, waltzing over who the real heroes are. yesterday ttook him around the world to afghanistan. but a brand-new ad is highlighting the difference between heroism and politics. let's watch this. >> osama bin laden has been killed. >> there will be no parades, they have already gone back into the shadows, without the outside world even knowing their names. >> i can report, i directed leon panetta, i was...

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turmoil-- at one f the biggest banks leavespresidentobamaback-pedaling.i will be joined by dana perino and stuart varny talking about this administration. but first, earlier today, the president dropped by to chute with the ladies of "the view." they asked him about the j.p. morgan $2 billion trading loss. >> j.p. morgan is one of the best managed banks there is. jamie diamond, the head of it, is one of the smartest bankers we got. they still lost $2 billion and counting, precisely because they were making bets in these derivative markets. we don't know all the details yet. it's going to be investigated. but this is why we passed wall street reform. >> sean: oh? why we passed it? best-managed banks? where is the president who promised to hold the wall street fat cats responsible for their actions? there is always a back story. as politico points out, it seems the president is choosing his words very carefully since jamie diamond is one of the anointed one's wall street friends and since president obama has taken office, diamond has made at least 16 trips to the white house to see the p

turmoil-- at one f the biggest banks leaves president obama back-pedaling. i will be joined by dana perino and stuart varny talking about this administration. but first, earlier today, the president dropped by to chute with the ladies of "the view." they asked him about the j.p. morgan $2 billion trading loss. >> j.p. morgan is one of the best managed banks there is. jamie diamond, the head of it, is one of the smartest bankers we got. they still lost $2 billion and counting,...

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reverend wright they would not have votedforobama. whatdirty angry money pac will take up the cause. and two things worth noting about the bain capital problem. two years later he doesn't have a good response about what he did with that company, and beam will keep hitting him on it hard. look at the interactive map for bain's greatest hits around the country, they all happen to be in swing states. and president obama spending time with war vets. why vets may be ready to vote democratic. and finally, let me finish with romney, the closet w. we begin with the right wing. we have david corn who is a washington bureau chief. let's look at -- >> i like how you say that, chris. >> some people believe that the reason they bring this up and have the big 54-page plan for this, they want us to keep showing the line from reverend wright. they just want us to ring that bell one more time, is that smart thinking? >> it could be. i don't know how far it gets them this time. it's not like everybody doesn't know about jeremiah wright. >> i hear ricketts, he believes that this is great. he loves this. >>

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first, say everythingpresidentobamahasdone is bad, very bad. and then if that doesn't work, take credit for every good thing that president obama has done. >> there's one company that continues to get free publicity from mitt romney every day, the makers of etch a sketch. >> in 2008, you said, and i'm quoting, we should let detroit go bankrupt. >> that's exactly what i said. >> and then all of a sudden -- >> the companies got back on their feet. so i'll take a lot of credit. >> he's taking credit for saving the auto industry. >> mitt romney saved detroit. >> i'll take a lot of credit. >> or so he says. >> how do you explain this one? >> the auto rescue -- >> let detroit go bankrupt. >> was his idea now. >> what do you make of this chutzpah. >> back a couple of years ago, mr. romney said, let detroit go bankrupt. >> what? >> yeah, they need to go bankrupt. >> hold politicians to account -- >> the companies got back on their feet -- >> for the lies they tell. >> so i'll take a lot of credit. >> certainly amount lot of chutzpah. >> north carolina voting today on whether gays a

first, say everything president obama has done is bad, very bad. and then if that doesn't work, take credit for every good thing that president obama has done. >> there's one company that continues to get free publicity from mitt romney every day, the makers of etch a sketch. >> in 2008, you said, and i'm quoting, we should let detroit go bankrupt. >> that's exactly what i said. >> and then all of a sudden -- >> the companies got back on their feet. so i'll take a...

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mission really raised the stakes of the bin laden raid which was called on bypresidentobama. presidentobama made good on a promise that he made on the campaign trail. >> if we have bin laden in our sights and the pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then i think that we have to act, and we will take them out. we will kill bin laden. we will crush al qaeda. that has to be our biggest national security priority. >> right after he took office he told leon panetta to make finding bin laden his to priority. he refocused the intelligence committee with this guy dismantled the bin laden unit. >> i don't know where he is. i just don't spend that much time on it. we hasn't heard much from him. i wouldn't necessarily say he's at the center of any command structure. again, i don't know where he is. i repeat what i said. i am not that concerned about him. >> history will prove george w. bush took his eye off the ball. six months after the attack bush had thrown in the towel on finding him. bush was too focused on his next project, invading iraq which he immedia

mission really raised the stakes of the bin laden raid which was called on by president obama. president obama made good on a promise that he made on the campaign trail. >> if we have bin laden in our sights and the pakistani government is unable or unwilling to take them out, then i think that we have to act, and we will take them out. we will kill bin laden. we will crush al qaeda. that has to be our biggest national security priority. >> right after he took office he told leon...

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obama'sreelectionbid. and our power player of the week takes us behind the scene is of jeopardy, all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. president obama officially launched his reelection bid this weekend with mitt romney the presumptive republican nominee we want to discuss the economy and key foreign policy issues with a man many republicans want to see as romney's running mate, florida senator marco rubio. he joins us from people. and senator, welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> good morning. >> president obama kicked off his campaign this weekend saying that voters face a choice between his agenda of reform and the old republican agenda. take a look. >> this time they want even bigger tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. this time they want even deeper cuts for things like education and medicare. and now after a long and spirited primary republicans in congress have found a nominee for president who has promised to rubber stamp this agenda if he gets the chance. >> chris: senator, in fact, romney has endorsed the house budget

obama's reelection bid. and our power player of the week takes us behind the scene is of jeopardy, all right now on "fox news sunday." >> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. president obama officially launched his reelection bid this weekend with mitt romney the presumptive republican nominee we want to discuss the economy and key foreign policy issues with a man many republicans want to see as romney's running mate, florida senator marco rubio. he joins us from...

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two dramatically different directions. we could continue to go in the directionpresidentobamahasbeen taking as after he inherited the largest set of problems of any president since fdr, where we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month. to now three years later, we had 26 straight months of job growth and the private sector. a resurgence in the manufacturing sector, a rescue of the automobile industry. we brought the troops home from iraq. and the contrast, the different choice is to go in the direction of mitt romney, where a millionaires and billionaires who are doing quite well. mitt romney proposes to make sure they do even better, where he would propose to the budget to end medicare as we know it. pull the safety net from out from under the seniors. he has repeatedly said that we should make sure we can change the tax code so that we can increase --and is doing nothing to fight for the middle class. and supported making sure that detroit could have gone bankrupt and that crisis. so the extremism that has been embraced by mitt romney and the republicans threw the tea party gives

two dramatically different directions. we could continue to go in the direction president obama has been taking as after he inherited the largest set of problems of any president since fdr, where we were bleeding 750,000 jobs per month. to now three years later, we had 26 straight months of job growth and the private sector. a resurgence in the manufacturing sector, a rescue of the automobile industry. we brought the troops home from iraq. and the contrast, the different choice is to go in the...

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obamaadministration,$1.2 or 1.3 trillion. the military budget all in with both wars, i supported them both. and proud to support president obama's surge in afghanistan. barney is for something like 25%, 30% cut in the defense budget. i think that would be dangerous. getting out of afghanistan, i think what beould be dangerous. total military, all in, all wars, cia, $600 billion, $700 billion. that's high. it is coming down. it is coming down. half the deficit. you can't solve the debt problem by cutting the military. it xiz fris risky in the world. i have strong foreign aid budget. strong refoufrm of the state department. i think if we don't lead in the world it will be a much more dangerous world. it is a legitimate debate. nothing hypocritical or wrong about paul ryan saying we need to sustain military spending at low percentage of gdp, 4, 4.5%. we need to reform medicare/medicaid. and, otherwise we giwill go off cliff. >> the military budget $700 billion. if you throw in other things. bigger than the medicare budget. you can't solve it from the military. i don't think you can

obama administration, $1.2 or 1.3 trillion. the military budget all in with both wars, i supported them both. and proud to support president obama's surge in afghanistan. barney is for something like 25%, 30% cut in the defense budget. i think that would be dangerous. getting out of afghanistan, i think what beould be dangerous. total military, all in, all wars, cia, $600 billion, $700 billion. that's high. it is coming down. it is coming down. half the deficit. you can't solve the debt...